MOSCOW, May 22 (RIA Novosti) - Moscow could grant political asylum to Georgia's former state security minister, Russia's deputy prosecutor general said Monday.
Igor Georgadze, who was charged over an assassination attempt against former President Eduard Shevardnadze and put on the international wanted list in 1995, is currently one of Georgia's opposition leaders. He ran as a presidential and parliamentary candidate several times by proxy.
"I saw the materials which the Georgian side had forwarded [to Russia], with a request to detain and extradite him [to Georgia]," Vladimir Kolesnikov said.
He added that if Georgadze asked Russia for political asylum, his request could be granted.
